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I. Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1713(c)(3)(A)); 

II. Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715e(b)(2)(A)); 

III. Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I)); 

IV. Section 221(d)(3)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(3)(ii)(I)); 

V. Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I)); 

VI. Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715v(c)(2)(A)); and 

VII. Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715y(e)(3)(A)). 

Section 206A goes on to state: 

(a) [the preceding] ‘‘Dollar Amounts’’ 

shall be adjusted annually (commencing 

in 2004) on the effective date of the 

Federal Reserve Board’s adjustment of 

the $400 figure in the Home Ownership 

and Equity Protection Act of 1994 

(HOEPA). The adjustment of the Dollar 

Amounts shall be calculated using the 

percentage change in the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers 

(CPI–U) as applied by the Federal 

Reserve Board for purposes of the 

above-described HOEPA adjustment. 

(b) Notification[.] The Federal Reserve 

Board on a timely basis shall notify the 

Secretary, or his designee, in writing of 

the adjustment described in subsection 

(a) and of the effective date of such 

adjustment in order to permit the 

Secretary to undertake publication in 

the Federal Register of corresponding 

adjustments to the Dollar Amounts. The 

dollar amount of any adjustment shall 

be rounded to the next lower dollar. 

Note that 206A has not been updated 

to reflect the fact that HOEPA has been 

revised to use $1,000 as the basis for the 

adjustment rather than $400, and the 

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau 

has replaced the Federal Reserve Board 

in administering the adjustment. These 

changes were made by the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act’s amendments to the 

Truth in Lending Act, as further 

explained in the regulatory 

implementation of said changes found 

in 78 FR 6856, 6879 (Jan. 31, 2013). 

The percentage change in the CPI–U 

used for the HOEPA adjustment is a 4.9 

percent increase and the effective date 

of the HOEPA adjustment is January 1, 

2024. The Dollar Amounts under 

section 206A have been adjusted 

correspondingly and have an effective 

date of January 1, 2024 (see 88 FR 

65113, Sept. 21, 2023). 

These revised statutory limits may be 

applied to FHA multifamily mortgage 

insurance applications submitted or 

amended on or after January 1, 2024, so 

long as the loan has not been initially 

endorsed. 

The adjusted Dollar Amounts for 

Calendar Year 2024 are shown below. 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Calendar Year 2024 Multifamily Loan 

Program 

Section 207—Multifamily Housing; 

Section 207 pursuant to Section 223(f)— 

Purchase or Refinance Housing; and, 

Section 220—Housing in Urban 

Renewal Areas 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $64,979 $75,792 

1 ................ 71,980 83,980 

2 ................ 85,980 102,976 

3 ................ 105,977 128,972 

4+ .............. 119,977 145,833 

Section 213—Cooperatives 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $70,419 $74,982 

1 ................ 81,196 84,952 

2 ................ 97,925 103,302 

3 ................ 125,346 133,641 

4+ .............. 139,644 146,700 

Section 234—Condominium Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $71,856 $75,620 

1 ................ 82,853 86,687 

2 ................ 99,923 105,414 

3 ................ 127,906 136,372 

4+ .............. 142,493 149,693 

Section 221(d)(4)—Moderate Income 

Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $64,666 $69,853 

1 ................ 73,409 80,080 

2 ................ 88,733 97,379 

3 ................ 111,374 125,974 

4+ .............. 125,851 138,285 

Section 231—Housing for the Elderly 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $61,480 $69,853 

1 ................ 68,732 80,080 

2 ................ 82,077 97,379 

3 ................ 98,776 125,974 

4+ .............. 116,129 138,285 

Section 207—Manufactured Home Parks 

Per Space—$29,830 

Environmental Impact 

This notice involves a statutorily 

required establishment of mortgage loan 

limits that does not constitute a 

development decision affecting the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Administration Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02870 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6433–N–01] 

Request for Information Regarding 

Iron, Steel, Construction Materials, and 

Manufactured Products Used in 

Housing Programs Pursuant to the 

Build America, Buy America Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This Request for Information 

(RFI) seeks public input on the 

implementation of the Build America, 

Buy America Act (BABA or the Act) as 

it applies to HUD’s Federal Financial 

Assistance (FFA) provided in support of 

the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, and repair of housing 

infrastructure projects in the United 

States. The purpose of this RFI is to 

improve HUD’s understanding of the 

current state of the domestic market for 

products required in housing 

infrastructure projects. HUD is 

especially interested in comments 

detailing domestic materials sourcing, 

market readiness, other product supply 

considerations, and whether specific 

housing products or their components 

are manufactured in the United States. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: April 15, 

2024. Late-filed comments will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on this RFI. 

Copies of all comments submitted are 

available for inspection and 

downloading at www.regulations.gov. 

To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be 

submitted through one of the two 

methods specified below. All 

submissions must refer to the above 

docket number and title. Commenters 

are encouraged to identify the number 

of the specific question or questions to 

which they are responding. Responses 

should include the name(s) of the 

person(s) or organization(s) filing the 

comment; however, because any 

responses received by HUD will be 

publicly available, responses should not 

include any personally identifiable 


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information or confidential commercial 

information. Business confidential 

information can be submitted to 

BuildAmericaBuyAmerica@hud.gov. 

1. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 

commenter maximum time to prepare 

and submit a comment, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make them immediately available to the 

public. Comments submitted 

electronically through the 

www.regulations.gov website can be 

viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

2. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW, Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments will not be accepted. 

Public Inspection of Comments. All 

comments and communications 

properly submitted to HUD will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

weekdays at the above address. Due to 

security measures at the HUD 

Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at (202) 708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

HUD welcomes and is prepared to 

receive calls from individuals who are 

deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 

individuals with speech or 

communication disabilities. To learn 

more about how to make an accessible 

telephone call, please visit: https://

www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

Copies of all comments submitted are 

available for inspection and 

downloading at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Faith Rogers, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room 10126, Washington, 

DC 20410–5000, at (202) 402–7082 (this 

is not a toll-free number). HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech and communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. HUD encourages 

submission of questions about this 

document be sent to 

BuildAmericaBuyAmerica@hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Responding to This Request for 

Information 

HUD encourages supplier and other 

stakeholders to identify products and 

categories of products that currently 

have sufficient domestic availability to 

support HUD-assisted infrastructure 

projects, to assist contractors and project 

sponsors in incorporating compliant 

products in their projects, and to help 

HUD focus its activities to benefit 

domestic manufacturers. To assist in 

gathering this information, HUD seeks 

input from the public, including HUD’s 

project sponsors, their contractors and 

offerors, manufacturers, labor unions, 

transportation and trade associations, 

and other interested parties. HUD seeks 

information in several categories related 

to the domestic availability of products 

commonly used in housing 

infrastructure projects that are 

compliant with the Buy America 

Preference (BAP) requirements. 

Please indicate in your written 

comments the area of interest (product 

or category of product) and the topic 

number(s) below you are commenting 

on and provide specific examples or 

information to illustrate your comments 

where possible. You do not need to 

address every topic and should focus on 

those where you have relevant expertise 

or experience. In all cases, to the extent 

possible, please cite any public data 

related to or that support your 

responses. If data is available, but nonpublic, describe such data to the extent 

permissible. 

II. Build America, Buy America 

The Build America, Buy America Act 

(‘‘BABA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’) was enacted on 

November 15, 2021, as part of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(‘‘IIJA’’) (Pub. L. 117–58). The Act 

establishes a domestic content 

procurement preference, the BAP, for 

Federal infrastructure programs. Section 

70914(a) of the Act establishes that no 

later than 180 days after the date of 

enactment, HUD must ensure that none 

of the funds made available for 

infrastructure projects may be obligated 

by the Department unless it has taken 

steps to ensure that the iron, steel, 

manufactured products, and 

construction materials used in a project 

are produced in the United States. In 

section 70912, the Act further defines a 

project to include ‘‘the construction, 

alteration, maintenance, or repair of 

infrastructure in the United States’’ and 

includes within the definition of 

infrastructure those items traditionally 

included, along with buildings and real 

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1 88 FR 17001, March 21, 2023. 

2 87 FR 76505, December 14, 2022. 

3 87 FR 76502, December 14, 2022. 

4 88 FR 34514, May 30, 2023. 

5See 88 FR 52197, September 1, 2023. 

6See 87 FR 33193, June 1, 2022. 

7See 88 FR 57750, August 23, 2023’. 

8See Initial Implementation Guidance on 

Application of Buy America Preference in Federal 

Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, 

M–22–11, available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

wp-content/uploads/2022/04/M-22-11.pdf. 

9See 2 CFR parts 184 and 200. 

10See Public Law 117–58 at section 70917(c). 

11See 2 CFR 184.3. 

III. HUD’s Implementation of BABA 

The IIJA and the Inflation Reduction 

Act (Pub. L. 117–169, Aug. 16, 2022) 

provided historic investments for 

federal infrastructure, including $1 

billion in funding for green retrofits. 

These developments in addition to 

HUD’s base funding, provide an 

opportunity for significant expansion of 

domestic manufacturing capacity for 

products. Since the enactment of BABA, 

HUD has worked diligently to develop 

a plan to fully implement the BAP 

across its FFA programs. HUD 

understands that advancing Made in 

America objectives is a continuous 

effort and believes setting forth 

transparent implementation guidance 

for FFA programs provides recipients, 

stakeholders, and industry partners with 

the ability to implement the BAP 

efficiently and effectively to 

infrastructure projects involving 

dwelling units for eligible residents of 

public and assisted housing funded by 

HUD FFA. As part of those efforts, HUD 

announced plans for a phased 

implementation of the BAP 

requirements in connection with its 

award of FFA to all HUD programs and 

corresponding waiver of the 

applicability of the BAP consistent with 

the published implementation 

schedule.1 HUD also published two 

general applicability, public interest 

waivers covering Exigent 

Circumstances 2 and De Minimis and 

Small Grants.3 HUD subsequently 

published an extension of its Public 

Interest, General Applicability Waiver of 

Build America, Buy America Provisions 

as Applied to Tribal Recipients of HUD 

Federal Financial Assistance 4 to 

provide additional time for consultation 

concerning its efforts to implement the 

Act and its Public Interest, General 

Applicability Waiver of Build America, 

Buy America Provisions as Applied to 

Pacific Island/Territory Recipients of 

HUD Federal Financial Assistance is 

under review.5 All waivers can be found 

at https://www.hud.gov/program_

offices/general_counsel/build_america_

buy_america/waiver. 

On June 1, 2022, HUD published 

‘‘Request for Information Relating to the 

Implementation of the Build America, 

Buy America Act’’ 6 to, among other 

things, gather additional information 

necessary to fully implement the BAP 

for HUD programs. HUD thoroughly 

reviewed public comments received in 

response to its 2022 Request for 

Information and proposed general 

applicability waivers, in addition to 

housing stakeholders’ self-initiated 

comments submitted since the initial 

effective date of BABA. Though helpful 

in informing prior actions, these 

comments did not provide the level of 

detail necessary for HUD to know what 

resources and guidance would be most 

helpful to help recipients transition to 

compliance with the Buy America 

preference requirements, to include 

identifying specific products purchased 

with FFA dollars and whether those 

items are being procured from domestic 

sources. 

HUD seeks greater clarity and data to 

analyze and respond to the stakeholder 

comments, particularly in light of the 

‘‘Implementation Guidance on 

Application of Buy America Preference 

in Federal Financial Assistance 

Programs for Infrastructure’’ (M–24–02) 

and the final Guidance for Grants and 

Agreements set forth in parts 184 and 

200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations.7 HUD is seeking more 

detailed product-specific information on 

the domestic availability of iron, steel, 

construction materials and 

manufactured products commonly used 

in HUD-assisted housing programs and 

infrastructure projects. Responses to this 

RFI will improve HUD’s understanding 

of the current domestic market for these 

products to effectively implement 

BABA for projects funded by its housing 

programs and to evaluate the potential 

need for short-term product waivers 

from BABA requirements if products are 

unavailable. It will also assist HUD in 

determining how best to engage with 

industry to identify potential options to 

encourage the expansion of domestic 

production in areas that are not 

currently available and the timing for 

when items currently waived may 

become available from domestic 

sources. 

IV. OMB Implementation Guidance 

On April 18, 2022, OMB issued the 

M–22–11 to heads of Executive 

Departments and Agencies.8 OMB 

provided initial guidance to assist 

agencies in developing interpretations 

of BABA and key terminology, how to 

apply the BAP to FFA used for 

infrastructure, and how agencies should 

structure a transparent waiver process. 

On February 9, 2023, OMB issued a 

Notification of Proposed Guidance in 

the Federal Register proposing a new 

Part 184 in 2 CFR chapter 1 to support 

implementation of BABA and to clarify 

existing provisions in 2 CFR 200.322.9

On August 23, 2023, OMB published 

its final Guidance for Grants and 

Agreements in the Federal Register with 

revisions to provide additional guidance 

on implementing the BAP statutory 

requirements and improve FFA 

management and transparency. The new 

part 184.3 includes definitions for key 

terms, including iron or steel products, 

manufactured products, construction 

materials, and materials identified in 

section 70917(c) of the Act.10 The 

guidance became effective October 23, 

2023. 

On October 25, 2023, OMB issued M– 

24–02 to provide supplemental and 

updated guidance such as modifying 

Section VII of M–22–11 on ‘‘Issuing Buy 

America Waivers’’ and summarizing 2 

CFR part 184 with definitions of key 

terms.11 With final guidance, HUD is 

publishing this RFI in an effort to 

understand the impact of compliance 

and applying the BAP to construction 

materials and manufactured products as 

defined in Part 184.3 of the final 

guidance and pursuant to M–24–02. 

BABA requires each covered Federal 

agency to ensure that ‘‘none of the funds 

made available for a Federal financial 

assistance program for infrastructure 

. . . [are] obligated for a project unless 

all of the iron, steel, manufactured 

products, and construction materials 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States’’ except if a waiver is 

granted. (Pub. L. 117–58, sec. 70914). 

These requirements apply to an entire 

infrastructure project funded by Federal 

financial assistance, including those 

funded by HUD housing programs, even 

if it is also funded by non-Federal 

funds. HUD is committed to ensuring 

strong and effective BABA 

implementation and compliance. 

For all predominantly iron or steel 

products used in infrastructure projects 

that involve the obligation of Federal 

financial assistance, all manufacturing 

processes of the iron and/or steel 

components, beginning with initial 

melting and including application of a 

coating, must occur in the United States. 

(Pub. L. 117–58, sec. 70912(6)(A)). 

Manufactured products must be 

produced in the United States, meaning 

the final point of manufacturing must 

occur in the United States and the cost 

of the components of the manufactured 

product that are mined, produced, or 

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greater than 55 percent of the total cost 

of all components of the manufactured 

product. (Pub. L. 117–58, sec. 

70912(6)(B)). 

For construction materials, all 

manufacturing processes must occur in 

the United States. (Pub. L. 117–58, sec. 

70912(6)(c)). Construction materials 

include incorporated products primarily 

made of non-ferrous metals, plastic and 

polymer-based products (including 

polyvinylchloride), fiber optic cable 

(including drop cable), optical fiber, 

glass, lumber, engineered wood, and 

drywall. (Pub. L. 117–58, sec. 70911(5), 

and 2 CFR 184.6). 

V. Request for Information 

This RFI will assist HUD in 

implementing and ensuring compliance 

with BABA based on the guidance 

provided by M–24–02 and the final 

guidance on Grants and Agreements as 

set forth in 2 CFR parts 184 and 

200.322. Responses to this RFI will 

assist HUD in furthering the goals and 

objectives of BABA and provide 

information necessary to understand the 

best methods to implement the BAP for 

HUD FFA used in housing 

infrastructure projects to maximize the 

use of iron, steel, construction materials, 

and manufactured products produced in 

the United States. Through this RFI, 

HUD seeks information in Questions 1– 

4 regarding the domestic availability of 

specific housing infrastructure products 

identified in this notice. HUD is 

interested in promptly obtaining more 

information on this and other issues 

discussed in this notice to assess if 

enough products/systems are currently 

available to comply with BABA 

requirements or whether sufficient 

products would be available in the 

future, and if so, when. This 

information will also be supplied to all 

applicable federal agencies that also 

manage housing infrastructure 

programs. In Question 5, HUD also 

seeks input and recommendations on 

how to ensure efficient and costeffective compliance with BAP. 

HUD analysis of material and 

manufactured product sourcing for the 

construction of housing finds that many 

materials and manufactured products 

used in the construction of housing are 

largely available from domestic 

producers, such as: cement and concrete 

products; architectural and structural 

metals (e.g., metal windows and doors, 

sheet metal ductwork, and rails and 

fencing); petroleum and coal products 

(e.g., asphalt roofing and paving 

materials, any petroleum-based fuels 

and lubricating products); plastic 

products (e.g., plastic piping, plumbing 

fixtures and polystyrene foam 

insulation); household and institutional 

furniture and kitchen cabinets; wood 

products (sawn lumber and treated 

wood products, plywood and 

engineered wood products, and other 

wood products); and heating, 

ventilation, and air conditioning 

equipment. 

However, HUD identified items which 

may not be manufactured in the United 

States with standards compliant with 

the Act, as well as items which may be 

manufactured in the United States, but 

not with the requisite share of cost of 

components to be considered compliant. 

Through this notice, HUD is requesting 

information to assist HUD in 

implementing and ensuring compliance 

with OMB standards. HUD welcomes 

comments and information from the 

public on what products are most 

utilized in HUD-assisted housing 

projects, and their availability from 

domestic sources that meet 

requirements for iron, steel, 

construction materials or manufactured 

products as specified in the Act. See 

Section ‘‘I. Responding to this Request 

for Information’’ for more information 

about who is invited to comment on this 

notice. 

HUD specifically requests information 

from the public on all categories of 

products included in HUD 

infrastructure grant programs. The 

following is an example list but not 

exhaustive: 

—Lighting fixtures 

—Electrical equipment and components 

—Electrical wiring 

—Ceramic plumbing fixtures 

—Windows 

—Home and garage doors 

—Elevators 

—Plumbing 

—Other products for energy efficiency 

upgrades and climate resilience: 

geothermal, solar panels, radiant heat, 

heat pumps, insultation (roof, ceiling, 

wall, floor) 

Questions 1, 2, 3, 4: For each of these 

products or categories of products used 

in HUD infrastructure grant programs 

and based on your current 

understanding of BABA requirements, 

HUD is requesting the following 

information about the following four 

general topics: domestic materials 

sourcing and manufacturing, market 

readiness, delivery lead times and other. 

You may also respond to these prompts 

for products not included in this list 

that are essential to completing the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of HUD-assisted housing projects. 

At the beginning of your response, 

please specify the products for which 

you are providing an answer: 

1. Domestic Materials Sourcing and 

Manufacturing 

a. For each of the products or 

categories of products you identified, 

please specify whether products are 

available that meet BABA requirements 

(described above) or are currently 

manufactured in the United States to 

meet a domestic final assembly 

condition. (Yes or no). To the best of 

your ability, please identify the 

countries of origin for the produces not 

sourced domestically. 

b. Please identify whether the 

products in your response fall within 

the iron and steel, manufactured 

products, or construction materials 

categories of BABA. 

c. If you answered ‘‘Yes’’ to Topic 

1(a), to the best of your knowledge. 

i. Please identify all manufacturers 

that can either meet BABA requirements 

or can currently manufacture products 

or categories of products you specified 

in the United States. For products that 

meet the condition of manufactured in 

the United States, please identify the 

manufacturing location and percentage 

of components manufactured in the 

United States as calculated by cost of 

components (if known). 

ii. What is the current production 

capacity of the products that can meet 

BABA requirements? 

iii. What is the anticipated growth in 

BABA-compliant capacity over the next 

five years? Does this anticipated growth 

consider the increased funding provided 

across federal agencies to invest in clean 

energy products? Please explain. 

iv. For products able to meet BABA 

requirements, what is the estimated lead 

time from purchase order to delivery to 

the project site? Has this lead time 

increased or decreased in recent years? 

d. If you answered ‘‘No’’ to Topic 1a: 

i. What actions are manufacturers 

taking/could take to increase the 

manufacturing of products that will 

meet BABA requirements? 

ii. What additional support or 

incentives (e.g., financial, rulemaking 

certainty, etc.) are needed to ensure a 

sufficient supply of products that meet 

BABA requirements? 

iii. How long might it take to 

implement the steps needed to increase 

or begin production of BABA compliant 

products? 

iv. If a plan is in place to manufacture 

BABA compliant products, what is the 

volume of specific products that will 

follow BABA requirements and in what 

time frame? 

v. Will the volume of BABA 

compliant products be ramped up over 

time, and, if so, at what annual growth 

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vi. What are the limiting factors for 

the product’s ability to meet criteria for 

BABA compliance? For example, are 

there components of these products for 

which it is hard to meet BABA 

requirements? Please describe each 

component separately and indicate 

approximately what percent of 

component value it represents. 

2. Market Readiness 

a. For all products specified in Topic 

1(a), provide your observations on the 

current and near-term demand expected 

for these products or categories of 

products, using specific numbers where 

possible. Does this estimate of future 

demand consider the increased funding 

described above? Please explain. 

b. Provide information regarding 

whether the current and/or near-term 

manufacturing capacity would be 

adequate to meet the expected market 

demand, citing specific numbers where 

possible. Please specify any factors 

helping or preventing the industry from 

meeting the expected demand today and 

in the near-term and provide 

information on the current and expected 

availability or unavailability of key 

components or sub-components of the 

product or category of products you 

specified. If applicable, please identify 

products where there is only one known 

domestic manufacturer prepared to meet 

Buy America requirements. 

c. Are there factors that make it 

difficult to credibly respond to 

questions a and b of this section? If so, 

please describe the limitations in your 

analysis as specifically as possible. 

d. Are there opportunities for 

innovation (e.g., products that are 

currently or potentially being developed 

in the U.S. that could offer improved 

performance or reduced costs to HUD 

stakeholders?). If so, what challenges 

and opportunities do you see to 

advancing this innovation? (For 

example, some products, such as heat 

pumps, offer lower life-cycle costs but 

higher initial costs; this change in cost 

structure may lead to purchasing 

challenges. 

3. Timing 

a. Where known, for each product/ 

category of products specified in Topic 

1, specify the current range of expected 

product delivery timeframes. Are any 

existing supply chain delays applicable 

or anticipated for the product(s) or 

critical components of the product(s)? 

b. Provide information, if available, 

on expected delivery timeframe 

outlooks through the near-term future. 

Provide information, if known, on 

whether current timing delivery 

concerns are related to a temporary 

disruption. 

c. Provide information on the current 

and expected near-term average 

customer delivery time. 

d. Provide information regarding 

global supply chain constraints, local 

permitting, safety requirements and 

needs that may affect delivery 

timeframes or extend installation time. 

Provide any known information of 

products that are in the process of 

‘‘onshoring’’ as a result of recent 

statutory, regulatory, or market changes. 

4. Other Practical Considerations 

Please specify any other 

considerations for HUD regarding 

production, products, systems, 

equipment, or components of products 

used in housing infrastructure. 

5. BAP Compliance and Impact 

HUD seeks input and 

recommendations on how to ensure 

compliance with BABA in the most 

efficient and cost-effective way. HUD is 

interested in answers to the following 

questions that will help inform Agency 

technical assistance and 

implementation: 

a. What type of contractual language 

has been utilized to ensure compliance 

with the BAP? If contractual language 

has been utilized to ensure compliance 

with a Buy America requirement, when 

was it first added? 

b. Are there existing mechanisms to 

determine qualified contractors that use 

American made iron, steel, 

manufactured products, or construction 

materials? Furthermore, how do 

recipients currently track contractor 

sourcing? What resources have been 

identified with respect to contractor 

sourcing with the adoption of a 

domestic content procurement 

preference or the BAP? 

c. Is there a need for standard 

contractual provisions to deal with 

potential delays arising from BABA 

compliance? If there is a need for a 

product specific waiver, when would 

contractors know about the need? 

d. What other Federal agency funding 

do you use to complete a HUD funded 

housing project? 

e. What is the estimated impact of 

compliance with BAP on HUD assisted 

programs? 

f. What is the current cost associated 

with the development, maintenance, 

and operation of affordable housing 

compliant with applicable HUD 

requirements? What is the estimate of 

the impact of the implementation of the 

BAP in connection with HUD-funded 

projects? Examples of specific products 

would be especially helpful here. 

All information submitted will assist 

HUD in determining the extent to which 

additional guidance or other actions are 

necessary to facilitate the robust 

implementation of the BAP 

requirements across HUD’s programs. 

Commenters should provide data and 

evidence to support their responses to 

the questions in this RFI. 

Dated: February 7, 2024. 

Marcia L. Fudge, 

Secretary. 

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INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND 

ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS 

DEVELOPMENT 

Request for Nominations to the Board 

of Trustees 

AGENCY: Institute of American Indian 

and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 

Development (aka Institute of American 

Indian Arts). 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Board directs the 

Administration of the Institute of 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

Culture and Arts Development, 

including soliciting, accepting, and 

disposing of gifts, bequests, and other 

properties for the benefit of the Institute. 

The Institute provides scholarly study of 

and instruction in Indian art and culture 

and establishes programs which 

culminate in the awarding of degrees in 

the various fields of Indian art and 

culture. The Board consists of thirteen 

members appointed by the President of 

the United States, by and with the 

consent of the U.S. Senate, who are 

American Indians or persons 

knowledgeable in the field of Indian art 

and culture. This notice requests 

nominations to fill five expiring terms 

on the Board of Trustees. 

ADDRESSES: Institute of American Indian 

Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, 

New Mexico 87508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Robert Martin, President, 505–424– 

2301. 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

Robert Martin, 

President. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02975 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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